Ponle Sabor

Ponle Sabor = "put some flavour on it." More an invitation than a fixed figure: on the call, dancers stay in the basic (or break the hold entirely) and add their own sabor — afro/rumba body movement, hip and torso play, footwork accents, and pauses — over the groove before the next pattern is called. Standard reading: keep the guapea pulse, drop in personal styling for a phrase or two, then resolve back into the flow. Exact club choreography may vary — verify against your teacher's version.

• Lead: Make space — lighten or release the lead so the follow can style, keep a clear pulse to dance against, and add your own body movement rather than calling a shape; signal when you're coming back to patterns.
• Follow: This is your moment — take the freedom, add afro/rumba body and footwork, and stay with the music so you can rejoin the lead cleanly when the styling phrase ends.
• Timing: Free over the groove — usually a phrase or two of the 8-count; mark the pulse (1-2-3 / 5-6-7) so both can find each other again on the resolution.
• Common mistake: Treating it as a fixed step instead of an invitation to style, or drifting so far out of the pulse that the couple can't sync back up.

A pure musicality/styling call rather than a figure — the casino equivalent of "do your thing." Best on a section with room to play; relies on body movement and taste more than mechanics.